devolution — 英語詞典

名詞

1. A rolling down.

2. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession.

3. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.

4. Degeneration.

   用法

   • 貶義

   近義詞與同義詞

   degradation

   反義詞

   evolutiondevelopment

   用例

   It is quite disheartening to witness the devolution of our nation's political discourse over the past several years.

   He is the place where the devolution from Heaven and the evolution from earth meet.

5. The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).

   用例

   The question of whether England should receive devolution like Scotland and Wales have has dogged British politics for years.

   Governments like devolution because it gives ministers someone else to blame for problems.

   更多例句 (1)

   By the 1974 general election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were polling at 30% and there were growing calls for devolution.

名詞

1. the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

   近義詞與同義詞

   degeneration

   反義詞

   evolution

   上位詞

   processphysical process

2. the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)

   近義詞與同義詞

   devolvement

   上位詞

   delegatingdelegationrelegatingrelegationdeputation